An economist would want to know if all other factors are the same. Are their prices the same as last year? If the price has gone up, that would account for part of the drop. Have leases in that area gone up? That could also mean fewer people hunting. This data alone can't be construed as fewer deer in the area.


"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."

"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona